Hinge construction for gates and the like



June 12, 1928. 1,673,304

M. A. THOMPSON HINGE CONSTRUCTION FOR GATES AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 11, 1927 l l I l l l I I II I I I I I I 2 z I v F f i 31133.1:1133:1121: 2:231] I Irwentar jI/zbZZA YZaM HM j Ammg Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES MICHAEL A. THOMPSON, OF CREIGHTON, NEBRASKA.

HINGE CONSTRUCTION FOR GATES-AND THE LIKE.

Application filed February 11, 1827. Serial No. 167,493.

My present invention pertains to hinges for gates, doors and other swingable devices; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous hinge construction hereinafter described and definitely claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a view showing one embodi- "ment of my invention in conjunction with a horizontally swingable gate and a gate post.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the same, the gate being shown by full lines and by dotted lines in different positions in which it is capable of being placed.

Figure 3 is a broken perspective, on an enlarged scale, showing one ofthe brackets of my improvement. w

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawing.

I show in Figures 1 and 2 a fixed gate post 1, and I also show in said figures a rectangular frame 2 representative of the gate that is swingable in a horizontal plane. The

said rectangular frame 2 is shown as comcomposed of section of pipe coupled together, but manifestly, within the purview of my invention, the frame of the gate or other swingable device may be of any approved construction. 5 I

In accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention s ur gears .3 are fixed at 4 on the inner uprig t of thegate. The said spur gears are designed for cooperation with upper and lower brackets 5, one of said brackets being shown in detail in Figure 3. The said brackets 5' are fixed to and are carried by a channel bar 6 which straddles the post 1 and is fixedly connected thereto by 40 bolts designated by 7. Each of the brackets 5 includes a back plate 8, riveted or otherwise fixedly connected at 9 to the channel bar 6. and a gear receiver 10, referably integral with the back plate 8 an havin side walls andend walls and also having a ottom wall 11, the latter slotted as illustrated for the passage and play of the inner bar of the gate. The rear' side wall of the gear receiver 10 is toothed at its forward and inner side as designated by 12 to engage and cooperate with the gear disposed in the said receiver 10.

The tw gears 3-bemg dlsposed in the receivers 10 and supported by the floors thereof,

it follows that the gears are capable of turning about their common axis in the receivers 10 and are also capable of. moving in the receivers 10 in the direction of the length of the latter. Therefore, the gate which is shown in full linesin Figure 2 as closed may be opened -in either direction and may be 50 moved to either of the dotted line positions shown in Figure 2.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that when the gate and the gate post 1 are associated with a fence, the hinge construction 5 described permits of the gate being swung open in either direction and moved until the gate rests in parallelism with the fence, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2; andv it will also be apparent that my novel hinge 7 construction is simple and strong, is calcu-" lated to effect a sturdy connection of the ate with the fence or gate post 1, and is so c aracterized that the gate may be easily moved from the dotted line position to the full line position and vice versa.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction disclosed, m invention being defined by my appended c aims within the scope of whlch modifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what- I claim is a 1. In combination, a swingable gate having an inner bar, a gate post, a channel bar straddling the gate post and fixedly connected thereto, lower andupper spur gears fixed on e the inner bar of the gate, and brackets fixed to the channel bar and havin back plates and also having gear receivers with side and end walls and with slotted bottoms, the latter for the passage and play of the inner bar and the gate and for the bearing and support of the s ur gears, and also with teeth on the inner side of their rear side walls and meshed with the teeth of the s ur gears; the said brackets extending beyon opposite sides of the gate post whereby the gate may be swung from a closed position to an open position alongside and in parallelism to either side of said post.

2. In combination, a horizontally swing- 5 able device having an inner bar, a fixed post, lower and upper spur gears on the inner bar of the swingable device, and gear receivers fixed to the post and extending beyond aside thereof and receiving the inner bar of the swingable device and also receiving the spur 10 gears, the said receivers each having side and end walls and also having a slotted bottom wall, and a rack at the inner side of one side wall in mesh with the adjacent spur gear.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MICHAEL A. THOMPSON. 

